Climate Action Against Disinformation

Transparency International's new report ‘By invitation only’ examines how privileged access helped select business interests shape the EU’s rollback of sustainability rules through Omnibus I. The findings reveal an uneven playing field. A closed-door roundtable replaced public consultation, with business interests representing at least two-thirds of the 110 organisations listed. Just 13 were self-declared NGOs. Transparency International obtained the participant list only after an access-to-documents appeal 17 months after the roundtable. The final legislation closely reflected a narrow set of industry demands: fewer companies covered by sustainability reporting and due diligence rules, and no requirement to adopt climate transition plans. The concern extends beyond Omnibus I. As Transparency International's Raphaël Kergueno warns: “The Commission’s flawed approach to fast-track legislation exposes EU policy to capture by certain industry interests. Instead of correcting this dubious practice, it is set to entrench it in new guidelines, which will result in less transparent, less inclusive and ultimately less accountable EU laws.” Read the report in full: https://lnkd.in/eF8TTmQW

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Every time extreme weather hits, we seem to go back to square one. We’re still asking whether climate change played a role, instead of how much worse it made things, who’s paying the price and who’s responsible. Union of Concerned Scientists' Marc Alessi looks at how fossil fuel disinformation keeps this loop going and why we need to break it. https://lnkd.in/eekMVRtG

As climate change worsens (and the right wing takes over our information ecosystem), wildfires have become a tool for extremists' recruiting. We observed this across Canada, Spain and Hawaii over the last few years. Today, our partner Thais Lazzeri at FALA - estúdio de Impacto-- detected this in the Amazon, as a potential tool to flip the election. It's a brutal new innovation in criminal disinformation. Previous reports from Climate Action Against Disinformation and Re.Climate in the comments. https://lnkd.in/ePxyTkSh

The policies exist. The enforcement doesn’t. A new report from Fundación Maldita.es and Science Feedback tested how YouTube & TikTok handle climate disinformation. The findings are stark: YouTube appeared to demonetise just 5% of reported videos, while TikTok restricted only a fraction of the content flagged. Platform commitments mean little without consistent enforcement, transparency and accountability. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/eRQYwhEs

A new report from the Forum on Information and Democracy finds that most governments lack dedicated strategies for climate information integrity. Responsibility remains spread across institutions, while civil society, journalists and researchers continue to fill gaps in government action. Governments need to move beyond recognising the problem and take action, backing independent journalism, supporting climate information integrity research and working together to tackle climate disinformation. https://lnkd.in/eBiUuAi3

Join Solid Sustainability Research and Leiden University - Institute of Public Administration on 16 October for a seminar exploring their research into Dutch universities’ ties to the tobacco industry and the lessons for fossil fuel partnerships. Linda Knoester and Aaron Pereira will share findings from the study, offering a closer look at industry influence in academia. Register: https://lnkd.in/eWDcDX53 Read the research: https://lnkd.in/ebrS252k

As renewable energy grows, a very high-emissions future is becoming less likely. But opponents of climate action are spinning that progress as proof that the threat was exaggerated all along, rather than evidence that reducing our reliance on fossil fuels works. Our new report examines how fossil fuel interests and their allies are twisting the science around RCP8.5, a very high-emissions climate scenario, to turn this progress into an argument against further action. https://lnkd.in/eT3JPQNX

Attempts to disrupt spaces for information integrity research underscore why this work matters. The 120+ member Climate Action Against Disinformation coalition stands in solidarity with the organisers and participants of #Disinfo2026 hosted by EU DisinfoLab. Transparency, independent disinformation research and open democratic debate are essential to protecting information integrity. Governments and institutions worldwide must defend the space for this work. Read our statement: https://lnkd.in/e26-3mJB

The October edition of Data Monitor is out now! This month, we look at AI’s growing climate footprint and the questions being sidelined as the race to build more data centres accelerates. Plus: new fossil fuel ad bans in Bristol and Brussels, calls for stronger action on climate misinformation in Australia, and new transparency rules for major social media platforms in Brazil. https://lnkd.in/edX6VJXZ